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. v PATENTED AUG.25,1908. J.G.SMITH.

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APPLICATION FILED OUT. 12,1907.

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PATENT m JOSHUA GEORGE SMITH, on ST. P Un'MINNEsoTA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

Application flledoctober 12, 1907., Serial No. 397,123.

I To all whom it may concern:

. SMITn,-a-citizen of the United. States, residingat St.'Paul, in the county of Ramsey and 5 State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement following is a specification. A

My invention relates to an'im rovedbox m Boxes, of whieh the kind having a (fushionwraipper which need not be detached or remove when the boxis opened and which is adapted to completely I protect the contents.

'Among other objects are simplicity of con} 7 struction and greater effectiveness iIIOPEIiL- tion than heretofore.

. In the accompanying drawingspiiormingpart of this specification, Figure 1 is a per-'- tive View .of the container or box wit out the wrapper, and Fig 4is a transverse sectionalview of my'invention showing the box open. In a general way, my invention comprises a container or box for holding candy or other oommodities having a lid or cover and a wrapper surrounding said container havinga fold over the lid which may be swung back with the cover to 0 en the box. v In the drawings re "resents the bod the box having the usua hin ed lid B'wh is adapted to swing down" and close the box.

0. represents the wrapper "whichas' shown is inade out of a small stack of newspapers 6r sheets G placed flat .upon each other and stamped with vertical openings forrn'inga recess D in which the box A is-held. The upper edge of the body of the box is provided with a horizontal flange E and the lower. edge with another horizontal flan e F, between which flanges the sheets G of the wrapper are held. The flanges are secured to the stackby muoilage or other suitable means. Folded over the stack and lid and floor of the box is a single wra per or cover H which may also be compose of a newspaper and.

which is attached by mucilage orother suit-- able means to the lid and the floor of the box.

and has for its primary object aevice of its.

the lid of the container.

I of ich I I lfoldedsg asto form a su plemental lid which Be it known that I, JOSHUA 'Gnonon opens aniircloses with t elid B ofthe container. The wrapper' described forms a cushion for the container therein and pro-- tects itfrom damagein shipping and also serves to obscure the box entirely from view sothat the contents of thepackage are usually unknown except to those who may have previously seen them, 1 g

In accordance with the atent statutes, I have describedtheprinoip e of operation ,of my invention, together with the construe-e. :tion which I- nowconsider to re resent the best embodiment thereof, but: v have it understood-that the constructionshown is only illustrative and that the invene tion can; be carried out'ljyother means and applied to uses other than those above set forth, within the scope of the following claims.

claim. as new "and desire-to protect by Let iters Patent,.is:: l

1.' A-device-of'the elass set forth, comprising, in combination, a box container having a li and a wrapper comprising a stack of sheets'iii which said container is embedded and a cover, vvsaid coverhaving a fold over v2. A dev ice of the class set forth, comprising, in combination, a container. having a hin ed lidarid a wrapper comprisinga stack of s ets in which said container'is embedded and a fold over fsaid lid, said fold being adapted to swing with the lid to open the container. 1"

3. A box having a lid, and a wrapper. around said box, comprising a stack of sheets having" a recess in which the body of the boxfis held, and a coverncompleting the wrapper secured to the floor-oi the boxand having a fia folding over the lid,for the pur-' poses speci ed. In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to' this specification, in the"presence of twosubscribin witnesses. JO HUA GEORGE .;Witnesses: I 5

' a R. A. Frsonnn F. G. .B'RADBURYr sMITH,

\U a t Having described my'-invention,-.what If v 

